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Beachside bliss on a budget: simple wooden cabins set in idyllic
gardens, with pool, restaurant, big smiles and stunning landscapes

In 12 years of hotel reviewing, this is one of the happiest places
I’ve stayed. Staff welcome you with open arms and beaming
smiles; by day 3, they’re kissing your children like a
favourite aunt. At breakfast tables shaded by mulberry and palm
trees, and laid with fresh-picked loquats, homemade poppy seed jam
and juicy tomatoes, guests - mostly from Germany, England and
Turkey, many with kids in tow - greet each other with broad grins
and glowing accounts of the previous day’s gulet
excursion.

The gardens here are so idyllic - fringed with blood red hibiscus,
orange lilies and rampant dogrose - that you feel as if
you’ve unearthed a 21st-century Eden. You’d barely
guess that there are 20 wooden cabins among them,
screened by citrus trees. They may not be the most stylish inside,
but they’re extremely comfy (superb mattresses and sofabeds),
and practical too (netted windows, impeccable bathrooms).
There’s also a 20-metre pool, a small playground and a
handful of 2-bedroom bungalows. Best of all, it’s only 5
minutes’ stroll to one of Europe’s most stunning
beaches: the 2-mile pebble-and-sand sickle of Cirali. Flanked on
one side by the ancient town of Olympos, on the other by the
bizarre flames of the Chimaera and the pine-clad majesty of Mt
Tahtali, this is paradise indeed.

Save to favouritesPrintMailAzur HotelIn 12 years of hotel reviewing, this is one of the happiest places I’ve stayed. Staff welcome you with open arms and beaming smiles; by day 3, they’re kissing your children like a favourite aunt. At breakfast tables shaded by mulberry and palm trees, and laid with fresh-picked loquats, homemade poppy seed jam and juicy tomatoes, guests - mostly from Germany, England and Turkey, many with kids in tow - greet each other with broad grins and glowing accounts of the previous day’s gulet excursion.
The gardens here are so idyllic - fringed with blood red hibiscus, orange lilies and rampant dogrose - that you feel as if you’ve unearthed a 21st-century Eden. You’d barely guess that there are 20 [r:TY034:wooden cabins] among them, screened by citrus trees. They may not be the most stylish inside, but they’re extremely comfy (superb mattresses and sofabeds), and practical too (netted windows, impeccable bathrooms). There’s also a 20-metre pool, a small playground and a handful of 2-bedroom bungalows. Best of all, it’s only 5 minutes’ stroll to one of Europe’s most stunning beaches: the 2-mile pebble-and-sand sickle of Cirali. Flanked on one side by the ancient town of Olympos, on the other by the bizarre flames of the Chimaera and the pine-clad majesty of Mt Tahtali, this is paradise indeed.